For those who wonder why I venture into these sorts of posts about movies it’s because I’m a movie buff. I love watching movies, new or old. So each year when the awards come out, I always look to see how many of the movies and television shows I’ve seen or watch.

So without further adieu, here is the list of the 2010 Screen Actors Guild Nominations that came out on Thursday morning.

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For those who wonder why I venture into these sorts of posts about movies it’s because I’m a movie buff. I love watching movies, new or old. So each year when the awards come out, I always look to see how many of the movies and television shows I’ve seen or watch.

So without further adieu, here is the list of the 2010 Golden Globe Nominations that came out on Tuesday morning.

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Here are the winners for the 2009 Academy Awards affectionately known as The Oscars.

Winners are in bold

Performance by an actor in a leading role

• Richard Jenkins in “The Visitor” (Overture Films)
• Frank Langella in “Frost/Nixon” (Universal)
• Sean Penn in “Milk” (Focus Features)
• Brad Pitt in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
• Mickey Rourke in “The Wrestler” (Fox Searchlight)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

• Josh Brolin in “Milk” (Focus Features)
• Robert Downey Jr. in “Tropic Thunder” (DreamWorks, Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
• Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Doubt” (Miramax)
• Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.)
• Michael Shannon in “Revolutionary Road” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage)

Performance by an actress in a leading role

• Anne Hathaway in “Rachel Getting Married” (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Angelina Jolie in “Changeling” (Universal)
• Melissa Leo in “Frozen River” (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Meryl Streep in “Doubt” (Miramax)
• Kate Winslet in “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

• Amy Adams in “Doubt” (Miramax)
• Penélope Cruz in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” (The Weinstein Company)
• Viola Davis in “Doubt” (Miramax)
• Taraji P. Henson in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
• Marisa Tomei in “The Wrestler” (Fox Searchlight)

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Here is the list of winners from 2009 Screen Actors Guild Awards ^® show.

Winners in Bold

THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

• RICHARD JENKINS / Walter Vale – “THE VISITOR” (Overture Films)
• FRANK LANGELLA / Richard Nixon – “FROST/NIXON” (Universal Pictures)
• SEAN PENN / Harvey Milk – “MILK” (Focus Features) *
• BRAD PITT / Benjamin Button – “THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON” (Paramount Pictures)
• MICKEY ROURKE / Randy – “THE WRESTLER” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

• ANNE HATHAWAY / Kym – “RACHEL GETTING MARRIED” (Sony Pictures Classics)
• ANGELINA JOLIE / Christine Collins – “CHANGELING” (Universal Pictures)
• MELISSA LEO / Ray Eddy – “FROZEN RIVER” (Sony Pictures Classics)
• MERYL STREEP / Sister Aloysius Beauvier – “DOUBT” (Miramax Films) *
• KATE WINSLET / April Wheeler – “REVOLUTIONARY ROAD” (Paramount Vantage)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

• JOSH BROLIN / Dan White – “MILK” (Focus Features)
• ROBERT DOWNEY, JR. / Kirk Lazarus – “TROPIC THUNDER” (Paramount Pictures)
• PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN / Father Brendan Flynn – “DOUBT” (Miramax Films)
• HEATH LEDGER / Joker – “THE DARK KNIGHT” (Warner Bros. Pictures) *
• DEV PATEL / Older Jamal – “SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

• AMY ADAMS / Sister James – “DOUBT” (Miramax Films)
• PENÉLOPE CRUZ / Maria Elena – “VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA” (The Weinstein Company)
• VIOLA DAVIS / Mrs. Miller – “DOUBT” (Miramax Films)
• TARAJI P. HENSON / Queenie – “THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON” (Paramount Pictures)
• KATE WINSLET / Hanna Schmitz – “THE READER” (The Weinstein Company) *

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

• THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (Paramount Pictures)
• DOUBT (Miramax)
• FROST/NIXON (Universal Pictures)
• MILK (Focus Features)
• SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (Fox Searchlight Pictures) *

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released the nominees for the 2009 Academy Awards affectionately known as The Oscars.

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” leads the way with 13 nominations and “Slumdog Millionaire” follows with 10. You will notice some notable omissions from the awards such as Leonardo DiCaprio in “Revolutionary Road” and “The Dark Knight” in the best picture category.

Heath Ledger was honored posthumously with a nomination in the supporting actor category for his brilliant performance in “The Dark Knight”.

Hugh Jackman will host the 81st Academy Awards ceremony on February 22nd. It will be broadcast on ABC.

Here’s the complete list of nominations.

Performance by an actor in a leading role

• Richard Jenkins in “The Visitor” (Overture Films)
• Frank Langella in “Frost/Nixon” (Universal)
• Sean Penn in “Milk” (Focus Features)
• Brad Pitt in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
• Mickey Rourke in “The Wrestler” (Fox Searchlight)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

• Josh Brolin in “Milk” (Focus Features)
• Robert Downey Jr. in “Tropic Thunder” (DreamWorks, Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
• Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Doubt” (Miramax)
• Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.)
• Michael Shannon in “Revolutionary Road” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage)

Performance by an actress in a leading role

• Anne Hathaway in “Rachel Getting Married” (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Angelina Jolie in “Changeling” (Universal)
• Melissa Leo in “Frozen River” (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Meryl Streep in “Doubt” (Miramax)
• Kate Winslet in “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

• Amy Adams in “Doubt” (Miramax)
• Penélope Cruz in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” (The Weinstein Company)
• Viola Davis in “Doubt” (Miramax)
• Taraji P. Henson in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
• Marisa Tomei in “The Wrestler” (Fox Searchlight)

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Winners are in Bold

Best Motion Picture – Drama

• The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
• Frost/Nixon
• The Reader
• Revolutionary Road
• Slumdog Millionaire

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

• Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
• Angelina Jolie – Changeling
• Meryl Streep – Doubt
• Kristin Scott Thomas – I’ve Loved You So Long
• Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

• Leonardo DiCaprio – Revolutionary Road
• Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon
• Sean Penn – Milk
• Brad Pitt – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
• Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler

Best Motion Picture – Musical Or Comedy

• Burn After Reading
• Happy-Go-Lucky
• In Bruges
• Mamma Mia!
• Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

• Rebecca Hall – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
• Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky
• Frances McDormand – Burn After Reading
• Meryl Streep – Mamma Mia!
• Emma Thompson – Last Chance Harvey

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical Or Comedy

• Javier Bardem – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
• Colin Farrell – In Bruges
• James Franco – Pineapple Express
• Brendan Gleeson – In Bruges
• Dustin Hoffman – Last Chance Harvey

Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

• Amy Adams – Doubt
• Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
• Viola Davis – Doubt
• Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler
• Kate Winslet – The Reader

Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

• Tom Cruise – Tropic Thunder
• Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder
• Ralph Fiennes – The Duchess
• Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt
• Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight

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For those who wonder why I venture into these sorts of posts about movies it’s because I’m a movie buff. I love watching movies, new or old. So each year when the awards come out, I always look to see how many of the movies and television shows I’ve seen or watch.

So without further adieu, here is the list of the 2009 Golden Globe Nominations that came out yesterday.

Best Motion Picture – Drama

• The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
• Frost/Nixon
• The Reader
• Revolutionary Road
• Slumdog Millionaire

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

• Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
• Angelina Jolie – Changeling
• Meryl Streep – Doubt
• Kristin Scott Thomas – I’ve Loved You So Long
• Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

• Leonardo DiCaprio – Revolutionary Road
• Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon
• Sean Penn – Milk
• Brad Pitt – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
• Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler

Best Motion Picture – Musical Or Comedy

• Burn After Reading
• Happy-Go-Lucky
• In Bruges
• Mamma Mia!
• Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

• Rebecca Hall – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
• Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky
• Frances McDormand – Burn After Reading
• Meryl Streep – Mamma Mia!
• Emma Thompson – Last Chance Harvey

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical Or Comedy

• Javier Bardem – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
• Colin Farrell – In Bruges
• James Franco – Pineapple Express
• Brendan Gleeson – In Bruges
• Dustin Hoffman – Last Chance Harvey

Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

• Amy Adams – Doubt
• Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
• Viola Davis – Doubt
• Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler
• Kate Winslet – The Reader

Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

• Tom Cruise – Tropic Thunder
• Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder
• Ralph Fiennes – The Duchess
• Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt
• Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight

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The nominations are in for the 80th Academy Awards presentation that will be held on February 24th at 8 PM ET on ABC. According the Academy, the Oscars will go on as scheduled but as of right now how the show will be presented is up in the air due to the writer’s strike.

So you will win the Oscars this year.

Performance by an actor in a leading role

• George Clooney in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)
• Daniel Day-Lewis in “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
• Johnny Depp in “Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
• Tommy Lee Jones in “In the Valley of Elah” (Warner Independent)
• Viggo Mortensen in “Eastern Promises” (Focus Features)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

• Casey Affleck in “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” (Warner Bros.)
• Javier Bardem in “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
• Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Charlie Wilson’s War” (Universal)
• Hal Holbrook in “Into the Wild” (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment)
• Tom Wilkinson in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)

Performance by an actress in a leading role

• Cate Blanchett in “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” (Universal)
• Julie Christie in “Away from Her” (Lionsgate)
• Marion Cotillard in “La Vie en Rose” (Picturehouse)
• Laura Linney in “The Savages” (Fox Searchlight)
• Ellen Page in “Juno” (Fox Searchlight)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

• Cate Blanchett in “I’m Not There” (The Weinstein Company)
• Ruby Dee in “American Gangster” (Universal)
• Saoirse Ronan in “Atonement” (Focus Features)
• Amy Ryan in “Gone Baby Gone” (Miramax)
• Tilda Swinton in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)

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Here are your winners from the Academy Awards. Winners are in red.

Best motion picture of the year:

“Babel”

“The Departed”

“Letters from Iwo Jima”

“Little Miss Sunshine”

“The Queen”

Performance by an actor in a leading role:

Leonardo DiCaprio in “Blood Diamond”

Ryan Gosling in “Half Nelson”

Peter O’Toole in “Venus”

Will Smith in “The Pursuit of Happyness”

Forest Whitaker in “The Last King of Scotland”

Performance by an actor in a supporting role:

Alan Arkin in “Little Miss Sunshine”

Jackie Earle Haley in “Little Children”

Djimon Hounsou in “Blood Diamond”

Eddie Murphy in “Dreamgirls”

Mark Wahlberg in “The Departed”

Performance by an actress in a leading role:

Penélope Cruz in “Volver”

Judi Dench in “Notes on a Scandal”

Helen Mirren in “The Queen”

Meryl Streep in “The Devil Wears Prada”

Kate Winslet in “Little Children”

Performance by an actress in a supporting role:

Adriana Barraza in “Babel”

Cate Blanchett in “Notes on a Scandal”

Abigail Breslin in “Little Miss Sunshine”

Jennifer Hudson in “Dreamgirls”

Rinko Kikuchi in “Babel”

Best animated feature film of the year:

“Cars”

“Happy Feet”

“Monster House”

Best documentary feature:

“Deliver Us from Evil”

“An Inconvenient Truth”

“Iraq in Fragments”

“Jesus Camp”

“My Country, My Country” (Zeitgeist Films)

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Update: The Oscars are tonight in Hollywood beginning at 8:00 PM and they are being shown on ABC. It is nice to see that there will be other news out of Hollywood other than Britney Spears.

Article was first published on January 23.

For those who know me, I have a penchant for watching a lot of movies. Therefore, I present to you, the readers of Random Thoughts, the 79th Annual Oscar Awards Nominees:

Best motion picture of the year:

“Babel”

“The Departed”

“Letters from Iwo Jima”

“Little Miss Sunshine”

“The Queen”

Performance by an actor in a leading role:

Leonardo DiCaprio in “Blood Diamond”

Ryan Gosling in “Half Nelson”

Peter O’Toole in “Venus”

Will Smith in “The Pursuit of Happyness”

Forest Whitaker in “The Last King of Scotland”

Performance by an actor in a supporting role:

Alan Arkin in “Little Miss Sunshine”

Jackie Earle Haley in “Little Children”

Djimon Hounsou in “Blood Diamond”

Eddie Murphy in “Dreamgirls”

Mark Wahlberg in “The Departed”

Performance by an actress in a leading role:

Penélope Cruz in “Volver”

Judi Dench in “Notes on a Scandal”

Helen Mirren in “The Queen”

Meryl Streep in “The Devil Wears Prada”

Kate Winslet in “Little Children”

Performance by an actress in a supporting role:

Adriana Barraza in “Babel”

Cate Blanchett in “Notes on a Scandal”

Abigail Breslin in “Little Miss Sunshine”

Jennifer Hudson in “Dreamgirls”

Rinko Kikuchi in “Babel”

Best animated feature film of the year:

“Cars”

“Happy Feet”

“Monster House”

Best documentary feature:

“Deliver Us from Evil”

“An Inconvenient Truth”

“Iraq in Fragments”

“Jesus Camp”

“My Country, My Country” (Zeitgeist Films)

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